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Fernando Jorge Barbosa Martins (born 28 January 1986), known as Capela, is a Portuguese professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays for
Académico de Viseu F.C. Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Viseu. Founded in 1914 as ''Clube Académico de Futebol'', the club went through several changes over the course of the years, folding in 2005 due to financial ...
as a
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.


Club career

Born in Arouca,
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, Capela started playing with local F.C. Arouca, going on to part of the squads that promoted from the regional leagues to the third division in just two years. After two more seasons in amateur football, with G.D. Milheiroense, he moved straight to the Segunda Liga after signing for Leixões SC, making his debut in the competition on 21 August 2011 in a 1–0 away win against
Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it plays in the Division of Honour in the Coimbra Football Associ ...
. In the following years, Capela continued competing in the second tier, joining F.C. Penafiel on 11 June 2014 and scoring the game's only goal in just his third
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...
appearance, at former club Arouca.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Capela 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Aveiro District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Arouca players Leixões S.C. players U.D. Oliveirense players Académico de Viseu F.C. players F.C. Penafiel players F.C. Famalicão players Girabola players F.C. Bravos do Maquis players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Angola Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Angola